Neil Phair Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Established in 2021, Phair & Co. provide tax compliance, tax planning and business advisory services to private individuals, local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and not-for-profit enterprises. We also assist non-local individuals/businesses looking to setup in Ireland or who have Irish tax obligations. Along with our business partners, we can provide a full suite of tax and business advisory services to assist our clients, delivered in a clear, concise and easy to understand manner. We believe that clear communication, delivered in an ‘easy to understand’ format, is the key in providing effective tax and business solutions to our clients.Contact us on info@phairanco.ie or 083 087 5936 or visit our website for details - https://phairandco.ie/.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

The Council is the governing body (Board of Directors) of the Institute and its members include senior partners from professional services firms, leading executives at publicly listed companies, experts from education and the public service, and our Chief Executive.The role of Council is to oversee the strategic direction and governance of the Institute. Council is made up of 18 elected members and the Chief Executive. Council has the power to co-opt 2 additional members, who may or may not be members of the Institute. The Immediate Past President is an ex officio member of Council and is entitled to attend and speak at Council meetings up to and including the AGM in the year after their term of office.https://taxinstitute.ie/about-us/council/

Day: Every 2nd FridayTime: 7.15am – 8.30am.Venue: Maldron Hotel Tallaght, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24 – D24 XC9WChaired by: Neil Phair, Phair & Co Tax & Business Advisors – www.phairandco.ieTallaght Business to Business Network is a business network formed with the aim of providing South Dublin Chamber of Commerce members with an opportunity to create, improve and maximise business relationships with like – minded business people to increase and improve their business. Referrals and introductions are passed among members as a result of networking and understanding each other’s products and services. It is about improving your business as well as a network organisation. It is suitable for all Chamber members and all members are welcome to attend.Guests are welcome to visit a Business to Business Network meeting to observe how they are run and hear the benefits of being a South Dublin Chamber member.Guests can visit two meetings prior to finalising their South Dublin Chamber Membership.If you are interested in attending any of the Business to Business Networks, please contact myself or Cliodhna at cliodhna@sdchamber.ie or 01-4622107.

County Dublin, Ireland

This network was founded to bring together people living/working in the greater Dublin area who have connections to the Breffni county. We host regular social and networking events and the group is open to people from all walks of life and industries! For further information on future events, please contact me via LinkedIn, neilphair@gmail.com or request to join our LinkedIn group below:https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13595107/

On secondment with Ardagh Group

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

• Management of a broad corporation tax compliance portfolio of international and domestic clients, including o telecommunications o section 110o aircraft leasingo softwareo hospitality and; o construction clients• Preparation and coordination of Tax Due Diligence reports for corporation tax, payroll taxes and VAT• Assisting on structuring/advisory projects, including o corporate restructuring o international payments and distributions; and o IP planning via high quality tax reports.• Liaising with Grant Thornton International on international queries arising • Demonstrated sound technical knowledge by carrying out research to prepare detailed tax technical memorandums in support of tax advisory projects• Represented Grant Thornton Ireland at Grant Thornton International training sessions in Amsterdam (Principles of International Tax) and Bucharest (Transfer Pricing)• Presented to internal/external audiences in respect of corporation tax issuesAchievements:• Established an internal Managers’ Networking Forum, to allow departments to present services lines and facilitate cross selling, business development and networking opportunities• Referred new client work in respect of R&D tax credit claims • Demonstrated strong interpersonal and people development skills to support the development of junior staff• Built a rapport with clients and developing a clear and detailed understanding of the business and client expectations

County Dublin, Ireland

• Assisted in the management of a corporation tax compliance portfolio of international and domestic clients• Coordination of global tax compliance services for a number of large international groups in the Energy and Pharmaceutical sectors• Assisted in the training and development programme for seniors and trainees in respect of corporation tax compliance processes via on the job training and presentations• Developed a sound awareness and adherence to the firm's risk management processes and procedure

Dublin

Corporation tax complianceResearch & development tax credit complianceQualifying Intermediary auditsInternational taxationFinancial services taxGlobal corporation tax compliance coordinationBusiness Development

Dublin

Working within the Direct Custody Regulatory Reporting team, I• Process monthly and annual Portuguese Tax authority requirements on dividend and corporate bond interest payments for clients• Provide Tax Relief at source, monthly reporting and payments to the Swedish and South African Tax authority on behalf of our clients• Coordinate and organise different departments to ensure the delivery of monthly and annual regulatory reporting to the Portuguese Tax authority

Dublin

* Working in a team environment to prepare Net Asset Value calculations, financial statements and associated reports.* Dealing with the Investor Relations group and the Risk & Valuation group.* Assisting in independently valuing portfolios using Bloomberg valuations and models.* Maintaining relationships with investors, investment advisors/managers, banks, brokers and auditors and other fund participants.* Performing the administration of and any services pursuant to administration agreements in respect of a portfolio of hedge funds.* Using macros to run our financial statements. I am currently learning how to use VBA code for the creation of excel macros.* Processing the Withholding Tax (WHT) on transactions and ensuring that out WHT calculation is in line with our clients expectations, in regard to positions/holdings where withholding tax is applicable.

Melbourne, Australia

Working in the client admin team, I • Prepared year end client distribution (Dividend) statements by reconciling and sampling different investor income types and tax components as defined by the Australian Tax Office (ATO)• Assisted in the preparation of the Annual Investment and Income report (AIIR) to be lodged with the ATO for each individual fund (30 funds), which involved 3 way reconciliations, identifying database issues and manual manipulation of individual files (in notepad) Key Achievements:• Met specified target deadlines as outlined in the respective customer service agreements for each investment manager • Secured a contract extension of two months to work on the AIIR Lodgement project, which we completed two weeks ahead of schedule

Working in the vendor management and procurement team, I• Provided quality data collection and analysis on an invoice usage cost saving project• Prepared presentations to outline the results and suggestions for process improvements Key Achievements:• Completed project work two weeks ahead of schedule and secured a contract extension of two months to offer further analysis and support

Working in a project team, I• Demonstrated my attention to detail skills by preparing corporate action tax reclaims and reviewing reclaims processed by my colleaguesKey Achievement:• Completed review of reclaims in seven weeks where the deadline was four months

Working in the Alternative Funds Department within Europe’s biggest bank, I• Consistently exceeded targets for monthly, weekly and daily fund valuation deadlines • Regularly cleared cash and holding reconciliation items and correctly processed income and expense accruals leading to a reduction in overtime • Successfully supervised and corrected reconciliations undertaken by our Kolkata office through Continuous Quality Improvement Reports, Issue logs and Conference Calls• Developed professional relationships with Shareholder Services, Portfolio Administration and Custody Units to ensure the correct processing of fund trades (Investment Administration)• Provided analysis on Net Asset Value (NAV) Prices to ensure they were in line with expectations and market trends • Accurately sourced share prices via Bloomberg (Unit Pricing) and fund of hedge funds prices from the underlying administrators• Processing year end and midyear fund distributions within specified timeframesKey Achievements: • Significant reduction in overtime at month end by reviewing and responding to valuations from HSBC’s Kolkata office, under the transformation project, ensuring they were delivered to our office earlier (from 11:00am to 08:00am delivery)

Chartered Tax Advisor (Cta), Taxation

Aca, Accountancy

Masters, Financial Engineering

Activities and Societies: GAA Hurling and Football teamsFinancial Economics, Econometrics, Financial Risks and Securities

B.A. (Hons), Finance

Macro/Microeconomics, Quantitative Methods, Public Sector Economics/Growth and Development, Accounting, Maths Finance, Corporate Finance.

Leaving Certificate

Activities and Societies: Student Representative Commitee, Gaelic football clubs